English+II+CP+-+Writing+Portfolio

=Writing Portfolio=

[ Requirements ]
Each portfolio must contain the following: Students must complete all of the above pieces to published (typed) quality. All pieces will receive 50 points for completion; students must also select two pieces to be graded based on content, which can earn up to 125 points each. The entire completed assignment is worth 600 points (equivalent to three tests). For a more detailed description of the portfolio assignment, download the handout here: [|EnglishIICP_WritingPortfolioAssignment.pdf].
 * Table of contents (example: [|sample table of contents.pdf])
 * Definition essay (2 pages)
 * Cause & Effect essay (2 pages)
 * Civics & Economics writing (1 page)
 * Fiction and/or memoir (3 pages)
 * Poetry (2 pages)
 * Student-selected writing (1 page)

Detailed instructions on how to assemble and submit the portfolio electronically can be found here: [|assembling and submitting your portfolio.pdf]

[ Definition essay topics ]
Explain your personal definition (i.e. NOT the dictionary definition) of one of the following topics:
 * * Humanity
 * Integrity
 * Honesty
 * Love
 * Maturity
 * Family
 * Good
 * Evil
 * Happiness
 * Fairness || * Failure
 * Home
 * Talent
 * Creativity
 * Prejudice
 * Winning
 * Losing
 * Loyalty
 * Friendship
 * Freedom ||

[ Effect essay topics ]
Choose one of the following topics for your effect essay.
 * The effects of cell phones on society
 * The effects of Facebook on society
 * The effects of a coach or teammate (or teacher or classmate) on your life
 * The effects of teen pregnancy on society (or on the mother)
 * The effects of high school dropouts on society (or on the dropout)
 * The effects of discrimination (racial, sexual, or religious)

[ Civics and Economics writing ]

 * The prompts for the Civics and Economics writing are as follows:
 * What does it mean to be a good citizen? Explain in detail what a good citizen does (or does not do).
 * Which of the first ten amendments to the Constitution (i.e. the Bill of Rights) do you think is most important? Explain your choice in detail.
 * If you could make one (serious, not silly) change to our government, what would it be? Explain your choice in detail.
 * Write a bill for a law that you would like to see proposed in our State Assembly. (You should do some basic research to see how a bill is formatted.)
 * Write a letter to a member of Congress or the State Assembly explaining your agreement or disagreement with a bill currently up for debate. (You should do some basic research to find out who your assemblyman/congressman is and what bills are being discussed.)
 * The Online Writing Lab at Purdue has an excellent page about business letter format, with examples at the bottom of the page.
 * Contacting the Congress is an excellent, up-to-date website where you can find contact information if you want to write to your senator or congressperson.

[ Fiction and Memoir ]

 * 10 Tips for Creative Writers gives a good overview of how to write a quality short story.
 * You can find many other "story starters" arranged by type (character, plot, suspenseful prompts) here.
 * Writer's Digest also offers many short story prompts.

[ Poetry ]
Visit the poetry page for more detailed information and ideas about writing poetry.

[ Student Selected Writing ]

 * About.com has collected a number of different websites with creative writing prompts.
 * Creative Writing Prompts offers 346 simple prompts to get you started.

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